Friday the 14th of October
Morning session 9.30 - 12.30 a.m.
Big top marquee in Piazza Garibaldi
The introduction will be held by the Scientific Committee of the Sondrio Festival with reference to the “Thesis about Sondrio” written in 1992.
Speaker: Maurizio Gianola
The history of parks located in mountainous areas: focusing on emblematic cases.
“Marittime Alps – Mercantour -Transboarder Parks” – Speaker: Patrizia Rossi- Director of the Marittime Alpes Natural Park
“The Stelvio National Park- history, nature and culture of a grand park in the mountains”: Speaker: Claudio Smiraglia – University of the Studies of Milan- Board member of the managerial sector for the Stelvio National Park in Lombardy
“Engadina, Stelvio and Adamello Parks -protected european sites” – Speaker: Dario Furnaletto – Director of the Adamello Regional Park
“The American Legends -not only Yellowstone”: Speaker: Mea Arego- Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, National Park Service USA
“The Himalayan Parks”: Speaker: Agostino Da Polenza - President of EV K2 CNR
Final statements by: Alessandro Colucci -Regional Councillor for Green Systems and Landscapes
Afternoon session 2.30 - 5.30 p.m.
Sala Fabio Besta, Banca Popolare di Sondrio
What will the future bring for parks in mountainous areas? Opinions and Comparisons
The showing of a short film (7min.) “Bale Mountains” by Steve Doeschner, Germany 2010. The location of the film: Bale Mountain National Park, Ethiopia.Ferruccio Tomasi – President of the Stelvio National Park
Roberto Gambino – Polytecnic and University of Torino- The European Documentation Center for the planning of natural parks
Aldo Bonomi - Sociologist
Paolo Angelini - Minister of the Environment and Environmental Protection of the Territory and Territorial Sea – Superintendent of Environmental Research and Development- Italian focal point for the Alpine Convention
Annibale Salsa – Cultural anthropolgy and philosophy lecturer -Cultural alpine historian- President of the Scientific Academy Committee of the Trentino Mountains- Board Member of the UNESCO Scientific Foundation of the Dolomites.
Roberto Baitieri – Lombardy Region- Delegate for promoting the development and innovation in mountainous areas.
Chairman of the Round-Table-Forum: Teresio Valsesia (journalist)
Secretarial Staff of the Conference:
Luciano Grillo della Berta
Felice Mandelli
Cristina Menesatti